Pulley.



nois, have invented certain neu1 `1inprovenients in Pulleys, of which the 'lowing is a speciieation, and which are the partsare fitted together.

nivirnn sTArps MYRON A. KENDALL, OF AURORA, ILLINOI S, ASSIGNOR T STEPHEN 3-ADAMSOi-T MVNFG.

CO., A CORYORATION 0F ILLINOIS.

PULLEY.

Specification of Letters Patent. Paten (1 Nov. 14 1911 Application filed December 27, 1910. Serial No. 599,558.

To all whom 'it may concern:

'Be it known that l, MrizoN A. KENDALL, a citizen of the United States, and resident o t' Aurora, county of Kane, and State of Illi and useful folillustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

`he invention relates to pulleys, and more particularly to socalled divided or split pulleys adapted. to be applied to a shaft without passing the'pulley over the end of the Shaft.

The object ot a split pulley which though being made of simple and inexpensive'construction by being composed of parts formed from stamped metal is nevertheless durable and rigid when;

' To this end. the invention contemplates a pulley composed of' detachably connected arts or halves, each of which is completely oi'med from a stamped metal plate. In theaccompanying dra-wings Figure 1 is aside elevation of a pulley constructed Il in accordance with the invention', a sha-ift to `but -two parts,

" view taken on designated,

' the plate. In stampin mediate portion'l is semi-circular form, and the end portions, as 17, '18, are turned inwardly to substantially of the parts which the .pulley is applied beingj shown in cross-section.; and F ig. 2 is a plan sectional the'line Qf-2 of ljig. 1.

The' ulley provided bythe invention 'is prefera ly composed of two halves or parts,

respectively, These halves or parts draw ings. are adapted 'to be appliedtoa shaft, as 12, from op- -posite sides,

'whereupon they will beconneeted by clamping bolts, as 13,14.

As shown, the pulley riphery 15 adapted to be engaged by a belt o r traveling conveyer. Pre erably the tivo halves 10,111, o l': the pulley are alike,

vformed by stamping a the Width 'of the face 15 of the determined by the width of the plate the interent to substantially pulley bei rig follow the diameter of the circle formed by fittin'g'together the curved portions 1G of the several parts.

When the pulley. is completely 'formed of or:halves, as shown, the end portions 17, 18,. of the plate Vforming each are of uneuualrlenthmthe the invention is to provide V 10 and 11 in the has a flat face or pe and longer end portion, as 18, being substantially equal to the diameter ot the pulley, and the shorter end por Lion, as 17, being of less length than half the diameter of the pulley, `whereby these :nd portions of the plate are overlapped aljacent one side of the pulley and the fre 1 end4 of the longer end portion bears again: oi". the plate upon the ii iside. By means of this construction the iiturned longer end portion of the plate foi ms a brace for preventing distortion of th e pulley by external pressure. To provide a hub for receiving a shaftor mandrel 12, the longer inturned end portions 1S of the two )lates are nppositely bowed adjacent the een ter of the pulley, as indicated at 19, 20.

In applying the pulley to a shaft, as 12, the two halves or parti, as 10, 1l, are fitted upon the shaft from op' posite sides, and preferably with the longer i nturned end portions 18 of the two plates lxtendedin opposite directions, as shown, lapped end portions el the twoplates' are Vlocated upon opposite sides of j the shaft. The parts of the pulle vare the 'united by theclamping bolts, as .3, 14, at each side of the shaft, each of th bolts being thereby passed through both lportions'-17, 15, of oi'eo the plates, and through'but one of tl ie -in'turned end por tions, as 18, of the oth( r plate. j

In some 'instances i1 may. be desirable to have the parts', as E21 22;, of the Vinturned ends 18 of tlie two pla `es at hub portions 19, 20, so curved thatthey will yield under pressure :pplied by the 'clamping bolts 13, 14. In s ich cases the rounded peripheral portions 1l of the r parts will be curved somewhat 'mor i. sharply than a semicircle, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, the pulley being bro .ight to true circular foriiiby the straightei ling out of thecurved intermediate portions 21, 22,' under the pressure applied by the di' ivving up of the clamp? ing bolts 13, 14.

I claim as my inver tion-u 1. ln a split pulley, in combination, a pair of mating plates eacl bent to semi-circular forni intermediate its ends, the end portions of each plate being in :ui-ned and overlapped upon the diameter o. the circle forme by the mating ot' the` twi plates, one of the end portions of each plat e -being gag'ement ugitli a sha1 t and such end portion t the curved portion` whereby the over? each side of the bowed for Cil of eaeh plate being equal in length to the I diameter of the said circle and being lapped' 'of yieldingmating plates, a part of each plate being bent to substantially the form of a semi-circle and an end portion of each plate being inturned to substantially follow the diameter of the circle formed by the mating of the two plates but being curved away from suoli diameter intermediate its ends toward the first mentioned curved part of the same plate and having its free end bearing against the said first mentioned Curved part of the plate upon the inside, and a clamping bolt connecting the two plates such bolt being passed through and compressing the curved inturned end portions of the plates. v

3. In a split pulley, in combination, a pair of yielding mating plates, a part of each plate being bent tosubstantially the form of a semi-circle and an end portion of each plate being inturned to substantially follow the diameter of the circle formed by the mat ing of the two plates, the free end of sueh inturned end portion of eaeh plate bearing upon the first mentioned curved part of the same plate upon the inside, .the said inturned end portions of the plates being oppositely bowed intermediate their ends to form a shaft reeeiving'hub, and the inturned end. portion of each plate being curved away from the said diameter of the Circle toward the first mentioned curved part of the same plate at each side of said hub, and a pair of clamping bolts connecting the plates, each of said clamping bolts being passed through and compressing one of the last mentioned Curved parts of the inturned end portion of each plate.

v MYRON A. KENDALL. Witnesses Jos. P. AHLnRs, F. H. MCWETHY. 

